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Aircraft |
Category |
Date |
Preview |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 300 - Cessna 170 | Parked | 09-Sep-07 18:32 |  |
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| Close up shows Gizmo Geezer free-wheeling prop with adjustable hub. Formers scallopped between stringers where tissue does not need to be attached to insure smooth tissue, Wheel mounting is temporary. I just needed to get it flying Sunday morning. Fi |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 300 - Cessna 170 | Build | 09-Sep-07 18:28 |  |
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| Tissue on. Stab and rudder pinned down while shrinking to eliminate warps, Wing tissue shrunk with a 1/16 inch wedge under trailing edge of tip rib to build in washout. |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 300 - Cessna 170 | Build | 09-Sep-07 18:26 |  |
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| Detail of nose modifications, Front of plastic cowl was cut off by rotating it, on it's back on the board, against an Exacto blade attached to a wooden block of the right height. Cowl front filled with balsa. |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 300 - Cessna 170 | Build | 09-Sep-07 18:19 |  |
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| Wing reinforcements are lengths of bamboo barbeque skewers. Wings are lightened, rib holes done with paper punch, trailing edges cut down on inside edges. |
| hjlittman | Guillows Series 300 - Cessna 170 | Build | 09-Sep-07 18:16 |  |
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| Cessna 170 parts ready for covering. Please excuse low-res images. I had to resurrect an old camera. My Nikon was stolen. |
| John M Oshust | Scratch Built MiG3 | Build | 09-Sep-07 17:40 |  |
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| The three holes in the side of the wing root help align the wings when they are installed...soon, I hope! |
